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In June I’ll have a different attitude.<\/div>\n
I’ll float above the lanes just like The Dude.<\/div>\n
I’ll take the doc’s advice, and try to be real nice,<\/div>\n
and cut way down on time in which I brood.<\/div>\n
Of course, the world will have to play its part.<\/div>\n
Corona has come back now with a shart.<\/div>\n
India and now Brazil are targeted for viral kill.<\/div>\n
Good news still has to find a place to start.<\/div>\n
In June, perhaps, crowds will be back in parks.<\/div>\n
The independence crowd will hoard its sparks.<\/div>\n
Maybe a Broadway play will open up some day.<\/div>\n
And vaccine doses will hit all their marks.<\/div>\n
We’ll put aside our masks and see some faces,<\/div>\n
and go back once again to risky places.<\/div>\n
We’ll work on gun control, and murder of the soul,<\/div>\n
to try to cut down on cop killer cases.<\/div>\n
By June’s end, there’ll be summer in our hearts,<\/div>\n
to realign our lives in fits and starts.<\/div>\n
With Biden at the wheel, a lot of people feel<\/div>\n
this comeback could be simply off the charts.<\/div>\n
But, don’t forget this fact: The Dude abides.<\/div>\n
There’s got to be some merging on both sides.<\/div>\n
If white supremacy continues, sea to sea,<\/div>\n
there’ll be no way across our great divides.<\/div>\n
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